From data loss and corruption to unexpected Apple ID use cases, developers have seen it all—but are stymied by the persistence of problems that prevent them from shipping products with working iCloud support.
Comments from prominent developers including Rich Siegel at Bare Bones Software and Black Pixel’s Daniel Pasco paint an ugly picture about how difficult it is to work with iCloud.
this:
http://inessential.com/2013/03/27/why_developers_shouldnt_use_icloud_sy
We tried to get iCloud working in our app and gave up. It’s just not a simple process right now.
This is why I switched to Android.
But Peter. How can this be? All the Andorid fanboys in the comments keep saying The Loop only ever posts positive news about Apple? Does this mean they’re full of shit?
…is over-generalizing.
The reason you’d use iCloud (if you could) would be about mastering the UX. The user is already signed into iCloud.
If I roll my own service, they need to sign in to it, too.
It’s my responsibility to do so to ensure the best user experience possible. That means making choices that are practical for the user, rather than for me.